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2026 CIO Peer ForumĀ® articles from our partner, Digital Journal.
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When AI writes the code and ships it at 3 a.m.
Boards are pushing Canadian companies to use AI. The code is now shipping itself, unchecked, with the company on the hook for what happens next.

CIOCANās push to bring more CIO voices into board governance
For senior technology leaders, influence in the boardroom is no longer optional.

CIOs talk AI readiness, cyber threats and the human cost of leading through both
AI threats, governance gaps, and what happens when the people running the systems push too hard for too long.

AI is going around IT and CIOs know it
At CIOCAN’s sold-out Peer Forum in Vancouver, Canada’s technology leaders spent a day wrestling with the gap between AI expecation and the daily reality of getting there

What agentic AI breaks and why nobody sees it coming
As organizations rush to deploy agentic AI, the systems meant to control it are still catching up. Lenovo’s John Encizo explains where things break, and why those failures are often hard to see.

Who owns your AI memory
The platforms powering AI are already changing the terms. The race to avoid vendor lock-in is underway, and Canadian leaders need to be in it.

Why strong security programs still fail
Andrew Archibald warns that companies āround up their gradesā on security, leaving everyday risks hidden inside working systems

Why digital sovereignty is becoming a business issue
As AI systems learn from company data, CIOs are confronting a harder question about ownership, control, and digital sovereignty








